Physicians Assistants in Anaesthesia Employment

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Dear Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,

I would like to put in a request regarding the use of Physicians
Assistants in anaesthesia within your Trust please? I would like to
know the following;

1. Do you employ Physicians Assistant in anaesthesia?

2. If so,how many and what banding are they paid at?

3. Would it be possible to see their job descriptions please?

4. Do you train Physicians Assistants in anaesthesia and if so what
banding are they trained on?

Yours faithfully,

Hayley

Frost, Nicky,

Thank you for your email.

Please note I will now be out of the office, from Monday 17 November, returning on Monday 24 November 2014.
Emails will not be read of actioned In my absence, therefore please forward FOI requests or any other urgent issues to:

Tracey Kalp, Information Governance Coordinator, Governance Unit, email: [email address] or call on extn 7023

All other non-urgent issues will be actioned on my return, thank you.

Frost, Nicky,

Dear Hayley

Thank you for your email requesting information about Physicians Assistants in Anaesthesia Employment . Your request was received on 24 November 2014 and it is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You request is being considered and you will receive a response within the statutory timescale of 20 working days following the date on which the request was received, as defined by the Act, subject to the information not being covered by an exemption or containing reference to a third party.

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of some or all of the information you have requested. There will be an assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.

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Yours sincerely

Nicola Frost
Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
Governance Unit I 1st Floor I Education Centre

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Prittlewell Chase I Westcliff-on-Sea I Essex I SS0 0RY
Tel: 01702 435555 ext 6455 I Email: [email address]
Visit our website: www.southend.nhs.uk

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Frost, Nicky,

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Dear Hayley

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information held by Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We have now processed your request, please find below our response.

If you have any further queries or concerns then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Nicola Frost
Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
Governance Unit I 1st Floor I Education Centre

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Prittlewell Chase I Westcliff-on-Sea I Essex I SS0 0RY
Tel: 01702 435555 ext 6455 I Email: [email address]
Visit our website: www.southend.nhs.uk

 Before printing, please think of the environment
This e-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies; please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation.
Content of emails received by this Trust will be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the specified exemptions, including the Data Protection Act 1998 and Caldicott Guardian principles.

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